geochemistry

English

Etymology

geo- +‎ chemistry

Noun

geochemistry (countable and uncountable, plural geochemistries)

1. (chemistry) The branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical composition of the Earth and other planets, and with the chemical processes that occur in the formation of rocks and minerals etc.

Derived terms

• biogeochemistry
• hydrogeochemistry
• lithogeochemistry
• palaeogeochemistry

 

Translations

branch of chemistry

• Catalan: geoquímica f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 地球化學／地球化学 (zh) (dìqiú huàxué)

• Danish: geokemi (da) c
• Dutch: geochemie (nl) f
• Esperanto: geoĥemio, geokemio
• Finnish: geokemia (fi)
• French: géochimie (fr) f
• German: Geochemie f
• Irish: geoiceimic f
• Italian: geochimica (it) f
• Khmer: ភូមិរសាយន (pʰuumi’ rea’saayan), ភូគព្ភរសាយន (pʰuu koappʰea’ rea’saayan)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: geokjemi m

  Nynorsk: geokjemi m

• Polish: geochemia f
• Portuguese: geoquímica f
• Romanian: geochimie (ro) f
• Russian: геохи́мия (ru) f (geoxímija)
• Spanish: geoquímica (es) f
• Swedish: geokemi (sv) c

Further reading

• geochemistry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia